WHO: Ebola out of control. 60 nurses/docs have died. MOH: Relax, nothing to worry

[Confuseous]

The killer Ebola virus sweeping West Africa is spreading at an alarming rate and threatening to cross international borders, it is being claimed.

The stark warning came at an emergency meeting of the World Health Organisation.

Director general Margaret Chan revealed SIXTY doctors, nurses and health care workers have now lost their lives desperately trying to save others.

She said: “This outbreak is moving faster than our efforts to control it.

“If the situation continues to deteriorate, the consequences can be catastrophic in terms of lost lives but also severe socio-economic disruption and a high risk of spread to other countries.”

Dr Chan told the presidents of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast: “This meeting must mark a turning point in the outbreak response.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ebola-outbreak-moving-faster-efforts-3950599#ixzz39EgUEjDY

 

[scroobal]

60 health workers is seriously bad. They should declare An emergency for that region.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

No worries la even spread to Sg you can rest assure that pappy will keep you updated.
Machiam the constant updates on new dengue cases and clusters but nothing done.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

airborne liao mah.............Ebola.........

after several drills with the virus..............could it be that this time is the real one ?

the Zionist plot to depopulate the world finally starting ?



Ebola.....MERS.....Swine and Avian Flu (never went away, been killing tens of people yearly)......SARS also come back..........

 

[bigboss]

airborne liao mah.............Ebola.........

after several drills with the virus..............could it be that this time is the real one ?

the Zionist plot to depopulate the world finally starting ?



Ebola.....MERS.....Swine and Avian Flu (never went away, been killing tens of people yearly)......SARS also come back..........

In the affected countries, there is no clean drinkable water and living conditions deplorable. Spread of the virus is certainly uncontrollable.

 

[bigboss]

... Machiam the constant updates on new dengue cases and clusters but nothing done.

...until one of the Ministers get struck and all hell will break loose, especially one from one of the well known families

 

[The_Hypocrite]

Big deal..when millions die than its a pandemic. ..than worry. ..popn needs to be reduce..n that is a region which is good to start with. No economic links etc etc..so world economy will have minimal impact...

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

In the affected countries, there is no clean drinkable water and living conditions deplorable. Spread of the virus is certainly uncontrollable.

then Ebola would have surfaced far far earlier than the 1970's..............

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

Big deal..when millions die than its a pandemic. ..than worry. ..popn needs to be reduce..n that is a region which is good to start with. No economic links etc etc..so world economy will have minimal impact...

yes.................and with some luck, spread to India and FAILippines hor................

 

[The_Hypocrite]

More likely spread to Ah Tiong land,,,they basically own Africa and heaps of travel between the 2 continents,,,so if it spreads it is no surprise,,,,also the world is due for another major pandemic,,this could be it,,the last pandemic was just after WW1,,,

yes.................and with some luck, spread to India and FAILippines hor................

 

[escher]

yes.................and with some luck, spread to India and FAILippines hor................

Ebola be given to pinoys to turn any pinoys into good pinoys.
Almost as good as giving lahars to pinoys to eat and pyroclastic flows to drink.

AND YES! ALL THE FUCKING PAPs AND THEIR CHEEBYE COLLABORATORS BE GIVEN EBOLA AND PYROCLASTIC FLOW TO DRINK AT SAME TIME.
PAPs MANY TIMES WORSE THEN THE FUCKING PINOYS

AND YET EBOLA WILL MAKE PAPs INTO GOOD PAPs
SAME AS LAHARS AND PYROCLASTIC FLOWS TURN PAPs INTO GOOD PAPs TOO.

 

[winnipegjets]

Looks like the situation requires the world's most expensive cabinet to manage. The Super PAP team led by the Honourable Lee Hsien Loong will solve the Ebola situation. When can they leave for the region?
While they are away, the WP will run the country.

 

[Sprint]

Ebola: Five things you need to know

AP August 2, 2014, 6:57 pm

West Africa is currently experiencing the world s worst-ever outbreak of Ebola. EPA West Africa is currently experiencing the world's worst-ever outbreak of Ebola.

HERE ARE FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT EBOLA AND HOW IT IS SPREAD:

1. THE WEST AFRICA EBOLA OUTBREAK IS NOW THE LARGEST IN HISTORY. The current outbreak in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone has sickened more than 1300 people and killed more than 700 this year.

2. BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SURVIVED EBOLA. While the fatality rate for Ebola can be as high as 90 per cent, health officials in the three countries say people have recovered from the virus and the current death rate is about 70 per cent. Those who fared best sought immediate medical attention and got supportive care to prevent dehydration even though there is no specific treatment for Ebola itself.

3. EBOLA CAN LOOK A LOT LIKE OTHER DISEASES. The early symptoms of an Ebola infection include fever, headache, muscle aches and sore throat, according to the World Health Organisation. It can be difficult to distinguish between Ebola and the symptoms of malaria, typhoid fever or cholera. Only in later stages do people with Ebola begin bleeding both internally and externally, often through the nose and ears.

4. EBOLA IS ONLY SPREAD THROUGH BODILY FLUIDS. The Ebola virus is not airborne, so people would have to come into contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. These include blood, sweat, vomit, faeces, urine, saliva or semen - making transmission through casual contact in a public setting unlikely.

5. FEAR AND MISINFORMATION THOUGH IS MAKING THINGS WORSE. In each of the affected countries, health workers and clinics have come under attack from panicked residents who mistakenly blame foreign doctors and nurses for bringing the virus to remote communities. Family members also have removed sick Ebola patients from hospitals, including one woman in Sierra Leone's capital who later died. Police had to use tear gas to disperse others who attacked a hospital in the country.

 

[Leongsam]

Ebola is no big deal. Transmission rates are very low and the number of deaths is minimal.

These figures are far more scary :

http://www.asirt.org/initiatives/informing-road-users/road-safety-facts/road-crash-statistics.aspx


Annual Global Road Crash Statistics

• Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day.
• An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled.
• More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44.
• Road traffic crashes rank as the 9th leading cause of death and account for 2.2% of all deaths globally.
• Road crashes are the leading cause of death among young people ages 15-29, and the second leading cause of death worldwide among young people ages 5-14.
• Each year nearly 400,000 people under 25 die on the world's roads, on average over 1,000 a day.
• Over 90% of all road fatalities occur in low and middle-income countries, which have less than half of the world's vehicles.
• Road crashes cost USD $518 billion globally, costing individual countries from 1-2% of their annual GDP.
• Road crashes cost low and middle-income countries USD $65 billion annually, exceeding the total amount received in developmental assistance.
• Unless action is taken, road traffic injuries are predicted to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.

Annual United States Road Crash Statistics

• Over 37,000 people die in road crashes each year
• An additional 2.35 million are injured or disabled
• Over 1,600 children under 15 years of age die each year
• Nearly 8,000 people are killed in crashes involving drivers ages 16-20
• Road crashes cost the U.S. $230.6 billion per year, or an average of $820 per person
• Road crashes are the single greatest annual cause of death of healthy U.S. citizens traveling abroad

 

[steffychun]

Looks like the situation requires the world's most expensive cabinet to manage. The Super PAP team led by the Honourable Lee Hsien Loong will solve the Ebola situation. When can they leave for the region?
While they are away, the WP will run the country.

don't worry there's the SAF generals to the rescue!

 

[xebay11]

Avoid swimming pools for now.

 

[steffychun]

Avoid swimming pools for now.

not spread by that lah.

 

[xebay11]

not spread by that lah.

Bodily fluids and liquid borne, why risk?

 

[kryonlight]

[*]Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day.
[*]An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled.

Don't worry. When vehicles are driven by computers, driving is going to be as safe as flying with autopilots. Jams on the PIE will be a thing of the past unless a huge tree decides to uproot itself.

 

[frenchbriefs]

ebola is a very hard disease to spread....even though its a very deadly disease(level 4 classified biological agent)......the symptoms show up too quickly and the host fall sick and dies too quickly before the virus can spread to other hosts.......its also very easy to quarantine.........in the history of ebola theres never been a outbreak where more than 100 people have died in a single outbreak.....

compared to the aids virus where 36 million people have already died,ebola's death rate is nothing.....